"When I came upstairs, you stayed to finish your drink. I told you to turn off the TV when you were through. Come to think of it, I also told you you could sleep in the maid's room."

"Man's in town two days, thinks he's David O. fucking Selznick."

"What she did not say was, 'I just loved the way the director moved the camera so much it made me fuckin' seasick.' All she cared about was that look. All she remembered was that look. And why do we remember things in movies? Because we can see them. So keep this fuckin' camera down here on the ground and shoot this scene, so we can see what the fuck is goin' on, before I get someone over sixteen to fuckin' shoot it for you!"

"Anyway, Murray has this shrink, who also happens to be Martin's personal trainer's shrink. Murray gives the shrink the script and the shrink gives it to Martin's trainer who reads it to Martin while they work out, and Martin flips. Loves it."

"Every day, same time, they come down here and have breakfast. He has the egg white omelet; she has the banana pancakes. He sits facing west so he can see his billboard. She faces east so she has an excuse to wear the shades."

"A blockbuster. But quality. No mutants or maniacs. This one's gonna be my Driving Miss Daisy."

"That's half a movie, with holes in it. Maybe forty minutes of screen time. You don't even have a girl, a female lead, and on top of that, there's no one to sympathize with. You don't have a good guy."

"I produce feature motion pictures, no TV. You mentioned Grotesque? That happened to be Grotesque Part Two that Karen Flores was in. She starred in all three of my Slime Creatures releases you might have seen."

"Harry, look at me. You're trying to tell me you fucked up without sounding stupid, and that's hard to do."

"I mean I could see myself in movies Robert De Niro had been in. Or I could maybe do an Al Pacino movie, play a hard-on. But I couldn't see myself in ones, like say the one where the three guys get stuck with a baby. They don't know how to take care of it and you see these big grown-up assholes acting cute."

"Hey, Bear, look at me. Tell your boss I don't ever want to see him again. He made a deal with Harry and a deal's a deal."

"Rough business, this movie business. I may have to go back to loan sharking for a rest."

"You know, Welles didn't even wanna do that one. Some studio made him do it. He owed 'em one and all his own movies lost money. But, hey, sometimes that's when you do your best work, you got a gun to your head."

"Look at me, Leo. I wouldn't think you're that dumb, leave over three hundred grand in the closet, underneath the extra blanket, but I guess you are."

"Listen, Touch of Evils playing near my hotel. You wanna go check it out, watch Charlton Heston play a Mexican?"

"I don't think the producer has to do much, outside of maybe knowing a writer."

"Bobby Slayton - Dick Allen"

"Jacob Vargas - Yayo Portillo"

"Renee Props - Nicki"

"Linda Hart - Fay Devoe"

"Jon Gries - Ronnie Wingate"

"Miguel Sandoval - Mr. Escobar"

"Martin Ferrero - Tommy Carlo"

"David Paymer - Leo Devoe"

"James Gandolfini - Bear"

"Delroy Lindo - Bo Catlett"

"Dennis Farina - Ray "Bones" Barboni"

"Danny DeVito - Martin Weir"

"Rene Russo - Karen Flores"

"Gene Hackman - Harry Zimm"

"John Travolta - Chili Palmer"

"Attitude plays a part"

"I'm glad you rejected me ten years ago when I auditioned for Eddie Solomon, the pedophile clown in Birthday Boy. Had I gotten the part. I might've gotten typecast."

"You cut straight hair here or just fags?"

"Yeah well, I hope you drive better than you fucking spell, jack-off. My name is Barboni, not Barbone, okay!"

"Don't worry. I'm not going to say anything more than I have to, if that."

"Chili Palmer. Chilly outside. Chili inside. It's a regular fuckin' chili-fest. Hey, waiter, give Mr. Chili Pepper a big fuckin' bowl of chili!"

""It" didn't slip away, Martin. You did when you went off to fuck Nicki in the middle of my birthday party."